Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development
§ 2341b. Prioritization of certain projects
Statutory text
The Secretary shall give priority to a project for flood risk management if—
there is an executed project partnership agreement for the project; and
the project is located in an area—
with respect to which—
there has been a loss of life due to flood events; and
the President has declared that a major disaster or emergency exists under section 5170 of title 42; or
that is at significant risk for catastrophic flooding.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Pub. L. 114–322 title I § 1144 · 130 Stat. 1628
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2341b
(Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1144, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1659.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1144, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1659.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1144. PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS. The Secretary shall give priority to a project for flood risk management if— (1) there is an executed project partnership agreement for the project; and (2) the project is located in an area— (A) with respect to which— (i) there has been a loss of life due to flood events; and (ii) the President has declared that a major disaster or emergency exists under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); or (B) that is at significant risk for catastrophic flooding.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, and also as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, also known as the WIIN Act, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 1002 of Pub. L. 114–322, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.